I know, I know, first Christmas now I am back-tracking to Halloween. To be honest I don’t really make a real fuss about Halloween, but I was asked to come up with a recipe to do with kids on Halloween and this is it.

Chocolate Spider Biscuits/Cookies

 Makes 18-20 cookies

  • 125g butter, softened
  • 125g sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 250g plain flour
  • 25g cocoa
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  1. Cream together butter and sugar until blended. Add the egg and egg yolk (I do this all in my food processor but you could do it by hand).
  2. Mix together the dry ingredients then add a little at a time to the butter mixture until incorporated.
  3. Shape into a ball using floury hands and put in the fridge for about an hour.
  4. Remove from fridge. Roll out to about ¾ cm thickness then cut into circles.
  5. Place on baking tray and bake for  about 20 mins at 170 °c.

Choc  icing

  1.  
    • ½ cup of chocolate spread
    • 2 tbsp icing sugar
    • 2 tbsp milk
  1. Combine ingredients over a low heat until combined. Spread over biscuits.
  2. Decorate with smarties as eyes and cut pieces of liquorice laces as legs to make your spiders.